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Welcome to the 2020 NZ4WD Ute Buyer’s Guide
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
With the COVID-19 Level 4 lockdown coinciding with our usual June issue we couldn’t leave our bubbles to physically drive anything – ute, SUV or even ordinary car – anywhere meaningful so we improv
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Adventure NZ
A weekend at Glenthorne Retreat not for the faint of heart!
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Mid-summer and members of Christchurch’s loose-knit Cashmere 4WD Club gathered for another of their epic weekend excursions; to the Avoca and Harper Rivers, with the old retreat as their home base.
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Adventure NZ
Kauri Coast 4WD Safari 2020
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
The Kauri Coast 4WD Safari is a classic on NZ’s tag-along calendar. Ashley Lucas reports from this year’s Pre-Lockdown event.
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Adventure NZ
Last waltz up the Wilberforce
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
What’s in a name? A lot, reckons 4x4Eplorer.co.nz’s Richard Soult. Case in point, one of his ex-Christchurch trips, up the mighty Wilberforce River Valley to Fang Hill Hut!
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4WD Accesories
Skills and techniques for safe towing
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Long-time NZ4WD contributor Ashley Lucas has been towing things since he was in his teens. Here he shares some of the lessons he has learned through the years.
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News and General
Become a supporter
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
NZ4WD covers a range of topics of interest to the 4WD vehicle buyer & driver.
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4WD Sports
Acting the G.O.A.T
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
Before the COVID-19 lockdown, the Central Zone Club Truck Challenge managed to squeeze in the second round of its 2019/20 series at Pahiatua.  Andrew Gee has the story.
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Adventure International
Cities of central Asia
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
Central Asia offers up some fascinating cities that are very different from those we are used to at home in New Zealand, or in other developed countries.
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4WD Accesories
Recovery basics
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
‘Hope for the best, but plan for the worst’ is the mantra by which best-selling author Lee Child’s ultimate tough guy character Jack Reacher  lives.
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Adventure NZ
Great food, great venue, great hosts
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
South Island High Country Grand Slam tour ticks all the boxes.
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4WD Accesories
Clubbing together
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Whangarei 4WD Club, members invited fellow four-Wheelers from far and wide to join them for an extended Waitangi weekend of 4x4 fun on a property at Waiotek
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4WD Accesories
X-Bar is now even better
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
The new X-Bar ute body range from tow bar specialist Hayman Reese has been designed specifically to fit with each vehicle’s original rear step bumper and maintain the key X-Bar advantages of recove
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Adventure NZ
Defender of the brave
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
Welcome to NZ4WD magazine’s latest new feature, ‘Locals Only’ in which we check out the sort of cool 4x4s that see us swiveling our heads and thinking, ‘damn that’s nice!’ We kick ofF what we hope
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News and General
Free digital access to NZ4WD Issues
Thursday, 26 March 2020
During the Covid-19 crisis we have arranged for free access to our digital issues
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Products
Why Choose Ryco’s Vehicle Specific Fuel Water Separator Filters and Crankcase Filter Kits?Why Choose Ryco’s Vehicle Specific Fuel Water Separator Filters and Crankcase Filter Kits?
Thursday, 19 March 2020
Crankcase filters and fuel and water separators are increasingly popular but the quality is variable, says Ryco.
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Products
How to get the most out of your electric brake controller
Thursday, 19 March 2020
An electric brake controller could save your bacon if things go pear-shaped when you are towing your boat, caravan or toy hauler.
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4WD Sports
First JG Civil ORANZ Champs round win to Ruiterman
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
Pukekohe ace Carl Ruiterman has – literally – drawn first blood in the new-look JG Civil-backed 2020 ORANZ championship with a win in the Dalton’s 250 race in the King Country.
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4WD Accesories
An ounce of prevention
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
‘Broke the ute’s diff over the weekend, so I couldn’t come in today,’ is hardly the sort of excuse a Boss wants to hear.
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Adventure International
Tajikistan Part 2 Peeking into Afghanistan
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
Last month Kiwi Overlander Aaron Rich described his family’s entry into Tajikistan via a snowy mountain pass at 4,282 metres.This month they continued exploring Tajikistan’s Pamirs, reaching
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Adventure NZ
Taking the road less travelled
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
Waitotara Valley Road is recognised as the longest no-exit road in New Zealand.
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4WD Accesories
Ironman 4x4 Plenty of Protection
Thursday, 13 February 2020
All Ironman 4x4 products are carefully designed, engineered and tested in Australia. Products include replacement bull bars, side steps and rails, rear bars and underbody protection.   
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News and General
Up on the roof!
Thursday, 13 February 2020
Looking for a slightly unusual solution to a problem, David Coxon decided to go down the DIY route.
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Events
FIGHT TO THE FINISH
Wednesday, 12 February 2020
Thirty of the world’s best Winch Challenge teams gathered in Malaysia in December last year to contest the final round of the 2019 Rainforest Challenge Global Series (RFCGS).
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Adventure International
TIME TO CHECK OUT TAJIKISTAN
Wednesday, 12 February 2020
As they traversed the Pamir mountain range through Tajikistan Kiwi Overlander Aaron Rich and his family spent several days at dizzyingly high (+3000m) altitudes –but lived to tell the tale!<
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4WD Accesories
ARB says Safety first
Wednesday, 12 February 2020
An experienced team of designers and engineers ensure that ARB products not only keep up with style trends, but remain industry leaders in strength and compatibility with vehicle systems such as SR
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